McCormick 32 Sickle Mower - replace seal?

(quoted from post at 04:08:04 05/17/18) To get the flywheel off, you need a big 3 jaw puller. The one I borrowed worked great and stood about 24 inches high. It was intended to be used to pull combine pulleys and etc off. Before that I had tried heat and a two jaw bar type puller with no movement at all. When I used that puller it came of in 30 seconds. Replacing the seal then is a piece of cake.

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(quoted from post at 09:09:10 05/16/18) Anyone know anything about replacing seals on older McCormick sickle mowers? I have a number 32, and the seal behind the flywheel doesn't really work anymore. It flings out whatever I put in the oil reservoir within a half hour of filling it. I can get the [i:97b1c2c87a]front[/i:97b1c2c87a] side cover of that reservoir off, but can't see how to pull the whole shaft out to replace that seal. I can tug all I want, but it's obviously not going anywhere. My operator's manual doesn't mention that at all.

Looks mostly like this one:

Rustyfarmall has or had one like it. You around Rusty?

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(quoted from post at 10:47:35 05/19/18)
Hey Rusty! Yours is in better shape than mine, from the pictures you had earlier. Someone bent my main support beam once upon a time. Still works great though. Except for that seal.

That flywheel is 10 or 11 inches. Apparently you can get an 11" three-arm puller for less than $100 now. Probably cheaper/easier than taking it to a shop. That was a bear to get on my little trailer when I got it.

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(quoted from post at 04:08:04 05/17/18) To get the flywheel off, you need a big 3 jaw puller. The one I borrowed worked great and stood about 24 inches high. It was intended to be used to pull combine pulleys and etc off. Before that I had tried heat and a two jaw bar type puller with no movement at all. When I used that puller it came of in 30 seconds. Replacing the seal then is a piece of cake.

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